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| 1 | Music for 18 Musicians: Pulses - By Steve Reich and Musicians |
| 2 | Music for 18 Musicians: Section I - By Steve Reich and Musicians |
| 3 | Music for 18 Musicians: Section II - By Steve Reich and Musicians |
| 4 | Music for 18 Musicians: Section IIIA - By Steve Reich and Musicians |
| 5 | Music for 18 Musicians: Section IIIB - By Steve Reich and Musicians |
| 6 | Music for 18 Musicians: Section IV - By Steve Reich and Musicians |
| 7 | Music for 18 Musicians: Section V - By Steve Reich and Musicians |
| 8 | Music for 18 Musicians: Section VI - By Steve Reich and Musicians |
| 9 | Music for 18 Musicians: Section VII - By Steve Reich and Musicians |
| 10 | Music for 18 Musicians: Section VIII - By Steve Reich and Musicians |
| 11 | Music for 18 Musicians: Section IX - By Steve Reich and Musicians |
| 12 | Music for 18 Musicians: Section X - By Steve Reich and Musicians |
| 13 | Music for 18 Musicians: Section XI - By Steve Reich and Musicians |
| 14 | Music for 18 Musicians: Pulses II - By Steve Reich and Musicians |
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Composed in 1976, Music for 18 Musicians has become a cornerstone of 20th century repertoire in general and percussion music in particular, and has been cited as the seed that ultimately spawned ambient trance music created by admiring practitioners like Orbital, Aphex Twin and the Orb. Originally available only as a volume in Steve Reich's 1997 10-CD boxed set, this new digital recording of the composer's signature opus is now available as a single-disc release.
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The pulsations of Steve Reich's landmark Music for 18 Musicians signify a New Music precipice. Where so much music after World War II explored extremes of tone, time, and register, Reich--and some of his colleagues in the 1960s and after--gravitated towards immersion in repetitions and telescoped focus on tonal areas. The combination of piano, vibraphone, marimba, xylophone, clarinets, violin, cello, and female voices is intoxicating in Reich's hands. Reich creates a middle-register, ringing vamp with burnished reed palpitations and, eventually, quick, rolling piano figures emerge in tandem with the percussion. This recording is the second-best known, next to the ECM Records version of the piece, and is warm and colorfully tingling. --Andrew Bartlett
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 5.59 x 4.92 x 0.51 inches; 4.3 Ounces
- Manufacturer : Nonesuch
- Original Release Date : 1998
- Date First Available : December 10, 2006
- Label : Nonesuch
- ASIN : B000006E4C
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #170,356 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #553 in Techno (CDs & Vinyl)
- #711 in Avant Garde & Free Jazz (CDs & Vinyl)
- #5,444 in Symphonies (CDs & Vinyl)
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Just that this work has an astonishing, subtle, hypnotic beauty that remains fresh & revelatory after countless listens. Its deceptive simplicity constantly reveals new touches, and carries the enraptured listener to some transcendant place ... except that the word "listener" falls woefully short. This music isn't simply listened to, it's experienced at a very deep & dreamlike level, like a nebula of pure white light shot through with golden mist. And when I stop to contemplate the virtuosity of the musicians, I'm astonished all over again.
This might not be for every taste, but for those who are open to a visionary mode of being, this music is both gateway & voyage. Highly recommended!
This is probably the best, most complete release of "Music for 18" ever. It's also the most concise. While the ECM recording stands out on its own, it's not as full as this one is, and it certainly doesn't stand to the new methods of polytonality in the piece. It's like being in a minimalist washing machine: it takes away the dull, emotionless sounds of Glass and others and makes it alive, the way it should be.
Hands down, the best CD ever.
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I like to listen to electronic music, particularly Tangerine Dream. There are many similarities between 18 and TD music. Would highly recommend it.
I enjoy electronic music and this is roughly in the same stable, and I find when I play this music I find it endlessly fascinating and enjoyable. I have played it many times since purchase and will continue to do so.
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